I bought a Google Pixel that appears to have been tampered with.
The bootloader was unlocked, which I've relocked.
I ran a SafetyNet check, and the CTS profile match was 'false'
I ran a root check and it said:
- Device is not rooted
- Super User: SU Found (/system/xbin/su"
- Busy Box is not installed.
If it was unlocked out of the box then someone definitely had their hands on it. Where did you buy it from.
toknitup420 said:
If it was unlocked out of the box then someone definitely had their hands on it. Where did you buy it from.
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I'm not sure it was gifted to me. Anyway to get it back to stock?
Torres95 said:
I'm not sure it was gifted to me. Anyway to get it back to stock?
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You'd have to flash the factory image. Which would require unlocking the bootloader again. Did you ACTUALLY lock the bootloader or did you just toggle the switch in developer settings?
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You'd have to flash the factory image. Which would require unlocking the bootloader again. Did you ACTUALLY lock the bootloader or did you just toggle the switch in developer settings?
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You should be able to flash the factory image without locking the bootloader. At least I did.
Scott said:
You should be able to flash the factory image without locking the bootloader. At least I did.
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Oh ok. I've never tried that. I always flash it in pieces though. I'm not doing it anymore. When you extract the pixel files it's pretty daunting how many there are. =/
B_I_N_G_E said:
Oh ok. I've never tried that. I always flash it in pieces though. I'm not doing it anymore. When you extract the pixel files it's pretty daunting how many there are. =/
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Just run the flash all script. Remove the -w to avoid it wiping.
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B_I_N_G_E said:
Oh ok. I've never tried that. I always flash it in pieces though. I'm not doing it anymore. When you extract the pixel files it's pretty daunting how many there are. =/
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Yeah, the layout has changed quite a bit.
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Yeah, the layout has changed quite a bit.
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Any step by step instructions as it's not working and I need it I pass a safetynet Check thanks
Torres95 said:
Any step by step instructions as it's not working and I need it I pass a safetynet Check thanks
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Straight from Google: https://developers.google.com/android/images
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Yeah, the layout has changed quite a bit.
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How does a person remove the -W from the flash all script?
treIII said:
How does a person remove the -W from the flash all script?
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Use notepad++
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Use notepad++
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Thank you. Never used that before but will try
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Can someone tell me how to factory reset my Nexus 7?
It is rooted, with TWRP. I want to completely wipe it, as if I got it new from the shop. Whether root stays or not I don't mind.
razormccabe said:
Can someone tell me how to factory reset my Nexus 7?
It is rooted, with TWRP. I want to completely wipe it, as if I got it new from the shop. Whether root stays or not I don't mind.
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Just flash the factory image. Follow the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701. Just follow Method 1 from the OP in that thread. It's for the Nexus 5, but it's the same procedure for the Nexus 7. Obviously, replace the N5 files in those steps with the N7 factory image files. Oh, and ignore the tamper flag reset step, as there is no tamper flag on this device.
Thanks, does it matter what version of android I flash?
razormccabe said:
Thanks, does it matter what version of android I flash?
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No, but if it were me, I'd probably just flash the latest one. No reason though. I'm just weird like that. :silly:
charesa39 said:
No, but if it were me, I'd probably just flash the latest one. No reason though. I'm just weird like that. :silly:
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I did all this and my SD card is still full of stuff?
Did you do the flash-all method? Or did you flash each image file manually?
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charesa39 said:
Did you do the flash-all method? Or did you flash each image file manually?
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Ran flash-all.bat
Can I wipe system/data/dalvik/cache and THEN flash? Would that work?
razormccabe said:
Can I wipe system/data/dalvik/cache and THEN flash? Would that work?
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I probably wouldn't do system. But everything else should be fine. Did you get an error message when flash-all.bat ran? If there's still extra stuff on your sdcard partition, then it didn't run properly, if at all. Running flash-all.bat includes formatting and flashing userdata, which will wipe the sdcard, and leave it the way it came from the factory.
Sorted, thanks a lot!
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Sorted, thanks a lot!
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Cool. Glad it worked out for you.:good:
Hey guys, yesterday I received this upgrade message, just wanted to know if I can upgrade it without losing my root, just want to upgrade cause the freakin message pops up every single time, thx
Jhareti said:
Hey guys, yesterday I received this upgrade message, just wanted to know if I can upgrade it without losing my root, just want to upgrade cause the freakin message pops up every single time, thx
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By the number it is MM patch.
aviwdoowks said:
By the number it is MM patch.
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soo, if I apply it, my root access will stay?
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soo, if I apply it, my root access will stay?
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You won't be able to apply it while rooted. The upgrade will fail.
You can disable the app Motorola Updates with Titanium Backup to stop the annoying update screen all the time.
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You won't be able to apply it while rooted. The upgrade will fail.
You can disable the app Motorola Updates with Titanium Backup to stop the annoying update screen all the time.
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Oh, didn't knew that, so I just have to download that "Titanium Backup" app and disable the updates?
Jhareti said:
Oh, didn't knew that, so I just have to download that "Titanium Backup" app and disable the updates?
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Yes, I'm not sure if you can do it with the free version, but I believe you can.
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Yes, I'm not sure if you can do it with the free version, but I believe you can.
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You are in doo doo land if you are rooted, use twrp and never backed up your virgin ROM.
There is a post, not long ago, in the Nougat Update thread showing all the fundamental steps.
I have not rooted since early KK.
aviwdoowks said:
You are in doo doo land if you are rooted, use twrp and never backed up your virgin ROM.
There is a post, not long ago, in the Nougat Update thread showing all the fundamental steps.
I have not rooted since early KK.
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Why couldn't he flash a stock image to get back to stock unrooted?
dandrumheller said:
Why couldn't he flash a stock image to get back to stock unrooted?
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Like I said I have been out of rooting for a long time....
That was my standard procedure then.
Great idea!
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Why couldn't he flash a stock image to get back to stock unrooted?
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That's of you can find a stock image. I'm on _row_, can't find a stock image anywhere :'(
xxBrun0xx said:
That's of you can find a stock image. I'm on _row_, can't find a stock image anywhere :'(
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Ugh. That sucks. Where did you get your device?
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Ugh. That sucks. Where did you get your device?
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Swappa. Came with TWRP, which I normally love, but not when no factory images available
xxBrun0xx said:
Swappa. Came with TWRP, which I normally love, but not when no factory images available
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Here's the firmware
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/addison/official/
I would say you're safe to flash a us firmware but only flash the 10 sparsechunks,recovery , boot img and OEM IMG if you flash and modem file or any other file you'll end up losing your IMEI.
But you're always taking a chance.
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flashallthetime said:
Here's the firmware
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/addison/official/
I would say you're safe to flash a us firmware but only flash the 10 sparsechunks,recovery , boot img and OEM IMG if you flash and modem file or any other file you'll end up losing your IMEI.
But you're always taking a chance.
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I think I'd tend to agree with this, but with no real experience with Moto to back it up.
WTF is ROW though?
dandrumheller said:
I think I'd tend to agree with this, but with no real experience with Moto to back it up.
WTF is ROW though?
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Row is what us Canadians do trying to get away from Trump in our canoes
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flashallthetime said:
Row is what us Canadians do trying to get away from Trump in our canoes
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Well played sir, well played. If it's any consolation, I just need to ROW farther...
Nougat in January.
http://m.gsmarena.com/moto_z_play_in_europe_gets_android_nougat_this_month_too-news-22749.php
So I bought my Google Pixel XL few days ago from eBay. The phone was used by the seller only for few days. Everything works fine except for the system update.
I'm actually able to download the 2017-03 security patch, but once the installation starts it fails in step 1 and I get the error message in the screenshot.
Did anybody experience a similar problem? Do you think I must return the phone?
Only reason I can think of that will bork an update is if one or more of the core apps are deleted or frozen. You verified you're all stock correct?
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tatootie67 said:
Only reason I can think of that will bork an update is if one or more of the core apps are deleted or frozen. You verified you're all stock correct?
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How can I do that ?
I checked that the phone is not rooted and I did a hard reset.
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How can I do that ?
I checked that the phone is not rooted and I did a hard reset.
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The seller may have had it rooted. And he didn't install factory firmware, before he sold it to u. Maybe he did an unroot root in SuperSU and that is not a sure thing. Just a guess. I would go to Google site and fastboot newest factory image.
Edit. Is the bootloader unlocked?
Check in your about phone section and see what version, kernel, and baseband your on. Or screenshot it and post it here
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mac796 said:
The seller may have had it rooted. And he didn't install factory firmware, before he sold it to u. Maybe he did an unroot root in SuperSU and that is not a sure thing. Just a guess. I would go to Google site and fastboot newest factory image.
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This is what I get when I boot into bootloader
tatootie67 said:
Check in your about phone section and see what version, kernel, and baseband your on. Or screenshot it and post it here
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Here is a screenshot
Elixir_ said:
This is what I get when I boot into bootloader
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Is it a Google version if it is I would unlock it and flash the new factory image. If it's not I would prob try to get money back. I'm not sure if you can flash factory image with locked bootloader. I think you can go ahead but not backwards. You will have to make sure.
You can use adb to sideload the signed ota zip in stock recovery with a locked bl.
You shouldn't have to do any of that if it's stock unrooted. But unfortunately, you don't know what the previous owner may have done.
Adb sideload might be your only choice to truly get back to stock.
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You can use adb to sideload the signed ota zip in stock recovery with a locked bl.
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I think this is the best place to start. Here are some directions for the OP.
Get the fastboot adb tools from google. Unzip them onto your computer's desktop.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
Then get the full ota zip and follow the directions on this page.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Keep us posted, we will help you.
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I think this is the best place to start. Here are some directions for the OP.
Get the fastboot adb tools from google. Unzip them onto your computer's desktop.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
Then get the full ota zip and follow the directions on this page.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Keep us posted, we will help you.
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Which OTA should I download ? Sorry for my ignorance, it's my first Google/stock android phone...
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Which OTA should I download ? Sorry for my ignorance, it's my first Google/stock android phone...
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XL right? Under the Marlin for XLsection the last one if your carrier is Rogers. Second to the last for anything else.
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Which OTA should I download ? Sorry for my ignorance, it's my first Google/stock android phone...
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You should use the full flashable image and not the OTA to return to stock from this page:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Using the specific image 7.1.1, second from bottom of Pixel XL seection.
Ok thanks a lot guys, I'll flash it once I get home.
Just to be sure, this won't void the warranty right ? because I checked with Google and the phone is still under warranty.
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Ok thanks a lot guys, I'll flash it once I get home.
Just to be sure, this won't void the warranty right ? because I checked with Google and the phone is still under warranty.
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No it won't void the warranty.
IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
You should use the full flashable image and not the OTA to return to stock from this page:
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Using the specific image 7.1.1, second from bottom of Pixel XL seection.
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He can't his bootloader is locked. No flashing images
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He can't his bootloader is locked. No flashing images
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you can flash official signed images with locked bootloader, you just can't flash anything non official.
I did ti on my own only 2 weeks ago when messed up sometyhing with beta builds.
IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
you can flash official signed images with locked bootloader, you just can't flash anything non official.
I did ti on my own only 2 weeks ago when messed up sometyhing with beta builds.
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So you ran the flash all on a locked bootloader?
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So you ran the flash all on a locked bootloader?
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yes as i have many times before
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Will a water damaged pixel XL still allow me to enter bootloader mode ?
Just wondering if anyone here had a pixel that took a dive and knows what the deal is. Thanks.
And it's supposed to be water damaged, can't enter recovery or flash anything via tool kits
I would think water damage would just kill the device. I have no idea why it wouldn't let you boot into recovery.
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I would think water damage would just kill the device. I have no idea why it wouldn't let you boot into recovery.
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I even get as far as android boot screen and the ram dump thing. As if it's bricked. But the toolkit does nothing.
The one I cannot enter it fastboot mode ? Where the Android is upside down. Power + volUP dunno why either.
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I even get as far as android boot screen and the ram dump thing. As if it's bricked. But the toolkit does nothing.
The one I cannot enter it fastboot mode ? Where the Android is upside down. Power + volUP dunno why either.[/QUOT
Is there any way you can boot into recovery? I think it's only the bootloader now. Idk
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It's unlocked just try flashing a factory image with the flash all in fastboot. If that works the phone may boot up for you.
toknitup420 said:
It's unlocked just try flashing a factory image with the flash all in fastboot. If that works the phone may boot up for you.
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I cannot get into fastboot mode. It starts to bootloop.
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UltimateEnd said:
I even get as far as android boot screen and the ram dump thing. As if it's bricked. But the toolkit does nothing.
The one I cannot enter it fastboot mode ? Where the Android is upside down. Power + volUP dunno why either.[/QUOT
Is there any way you can boot into recovery? I think it's only the bootloader now. Idk
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Nah, this also gets me into a bootloop.
The only place I can get into is bootloader mode , and the PC chimes recognizing it. The toolkit recognizes it too.
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alobear said:
Nah, this also gets me into a bootloop.
The only place I can get into is bootloader mode , and the PC chimes recognizing it. The toolkit recognizes it too.
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Bootloader is where you use fastboot commands.
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I'm.wondering if the "boot slot a" is what's killing me. Something in "b" ?
The toolkit says it flashes both a and b, but it only boots from a, and craps out.
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UltimateEnd said:
Bootloader is where you use fastboot commands.
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Ok, I can restart bootloader from there, but cannot enter recovery. Goes into bootloop.
I thought fastboot was the volUP + power. Where the Android is upside down with the exclamation mark . Which I cannot get into.
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toknitup420 said:
Ok, I can restart bootloader from there, but cannot enter recovery. Goes into bootloop.
I thought fastboot was the volUP + power. Where the Android is upside down with the exclamation mark . Which I cannot get into.
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No once you're in bootloader you can use fastboot commands. All you need to do is boot to bootloader and run the flash all. It's very simple.
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UltimateEnd said:
No once you're in bootloader you can use fastboot commands. All you need to do is boot to bootloader and run the flash all. It's very simple.
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Flash all on the toolkit ?
I'll try that, I'm sure a lot of the flashing looks like is going through, but when it's time for the phone to restart, NADA.
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toknitup420 said:
Flash all on the toolkit ?
I'll try that, I'm sure a lot of the flashing looks like is going through, but when it's time for the phone to restart, NADA.
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No flash all using fastboot commands. I don't use toolkits and don't recommend them. That flash with the kit might be failing. You need to use fastboot to ensure it's properly flashing.
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No flash all using fastboot commands. I don't use toolkits and don't recommend them.
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Ohhh ok. I've always relied on these toolkit for years.
Can you redirect me to a good thread that shows steps on how to use fastboot command ?
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toknitup420 said:
Ohhh ok. I've always relied on these toolkit for years.
Can you redirect me to a good thread that shows steps on how to use fastboot command ?
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See this thread. It has everything you need. Links to all the guides.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/how-to/index-google-pixel-t3466156
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toknitup420 said:
UltimateEnd said:
See this thread. It has everything you need. Links to all the guides.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/how-to/index-google-pixel-t3466156
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should i try the ditycow thing ?
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toknitup420 said:
should i try the ditycow thing ?
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What's you're current setup on you're computer. Do you have the fastboot tools installed or only the toolkit? Don't play around with dirty cow. That's not needed for this stuff.
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UltimateEnd said:
What's you're current setup on you're computer. Do you have the fastboot tools installed or only the toolkit? Don't play around with dirty cow. That's not needed for this stuff.
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No fastboot tools installed. Other than toolkits for nexuses, pixel, and odin stuff for Samsung, LGUP for LG stuff. All tookits.
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UltimateEnd said:
toknitup420 said:
No fastboot tools installed. Other than toolkits for nexuses, pixel, and odin stuff for Samsung, LGUP for LG stuff. All tookits.
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http://www.teamandroid.com/2016/06/15/install-fastboot-adb-google-usb-drivers-windows/
Are you on Windows 10. I forgot to ask that before finding this. Lol.
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I went into super su and unrooted my phone. Can I lock my bootloader now or is this a bad idea?
corster88 said:
I went into super su and unrooted my phone. Can I lock my bootloader now or is this a bad idea?
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Bad idea. Next update might fail from left over stuff from root or a mod...then you are done.
TonikJDK said:
Bad idea. Next update might fail from left over stuff from root or a mod...then you are done.
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Whats the solution?
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Whats the solution?
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The solution (I think) would be to wipe data and flash the entire stock image for your phone, then re-lock the bootloader. This will make sure that any folders/files pertaining to being rooted are gone and shouldn't cause any problems when it comes to validating your OS. Just make sure you properly unrooted SU by using their uninstaller/unroot tool before wiping and reflashing.
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Whats the solution?
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LeMoise said:
The solution (I think) would be to wipe data and flash the entire stock image for your phone, then re-lock the bootloader. This will make sure that any folders/files pertaining to being rooted are gone and shouldn't cause any problems when it comes to validating your OS. Just make sure you properly unrooted SU by using their uninstaller/unroot tool before wiping and reflashing.
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Yes run flashall unless you are extremely brave. I used to lock and unlock my nexus 6 bootloader with custom firmwares but this phone is a completely different animal
corster88 said:
I went into super su and unrooted my phone. Can I lock my bootloader now or is this a bad idea?
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Flash. all to both slots and be sure to include -w
Out of curiosity, why do you even wish to lock the bootloader? Especially with the numerous horror stories of users unable to resurrect a bootlooping device (rather simple to fix if unlocked) because their bootloader is locked.
Pain-N-Panic said:
Out of curiosity, why do you even wish to lock the bootloader? Especially with the numerous horror stories of users unable to resurrect a bootlooping device (rather simple to fix if unlocked) because their bootloader is locked.
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Android pay? I know I miss it.
poor2rican1 said:
Android pay? I know I miss it.
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Isn't there a way to get Android pay working with su hide and magisk?
corster88 said:
I went into super su and unrooted my phone. Can I lock my bootloader now or is this a bad idea?
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Locking the bootloader is always a bad idea if you have to ask if it's a bad idea.
poor2rican1 said:
Android pay? I know I miss it.
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Flash a custom kernel.
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Bryanx86 said:
Flash. all to both slots and be sure to include -w
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I'm nub. What do you mean?
Ok I flashed to stock can I lock now?
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Ok I flashed to stock can I lock now?
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Just an FYI, here's someone that locked their bl. Only 2 reasons I can see this as necessary is RMA, and Android pay. And Android pay works with magisk, so really only one reason. Just be sure to know what you're doing. https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/help/pixel-xl-bricked-bootloader-locked-t3698638/page2